The legendary preacher, Charles Spurgeon once said, “Discernment is not simply a matter of telling the difference between what is right and wrong; rather it is the difference between right and almost right.”
Often the question is whether something is "right" or "wrong”, and may be answered quickly and easily.
But sometimes we are faced with a much more difficult discernment: the difference between “right" and "almost right”.
I love to take the kids to the zoo, and whenever we go we always go into the snake house to look at all those beautiful slithering reptiles. But more often than not they are so well camouflaged that they aren't easy to find.
Once you've spotted one, however, and recognized its markings, it becomes much easier.
The Bible identifies our enemy as a serpent, and just like the ones at the zoo, he camouflages...